Concurrent associations between anxiety sensitivity and perceived health and health disability among young adult daily smokers.

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 101143317 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Print ISSN: 1650-6073 (Print) Linking ISSN: 16506073 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Cogn Behav Ther Subsets: MEDLINE

Original Publication: Basingstoke, Hampshire, UK ; Philadelphia, PA : Taylor & Francis, c2002-

Attitude to Health* ; Health Status* ; Surveys and Questionnaires*; Anxiety/*diagnosis ; Anxiety/*epidemiology ; Persons with Disabilities/*psychology ; Persons with Disabilities/*statistics & numerical data ; Smoking/*epidemiology; Adult ; Comorbidity ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Reproducibility of Results ; Sensitivity and Specificity

The aim of this investigation was to evaluate the incremental validity of anxiety sensitivity (fear of arousal-related physical and psychological sensations) relative to health factors (smoking variables, alcohol use and exercise level), in predicting perceived health and disability among a sample of 225 young adult daily smokers (102 females; M(age) = 23.9 years, SD = 8.8). Consistent with prediction, anxiety sensitivity, relative to smoking-relevant variables, alcohol consumption (a single frequency by quantity composite) and exercise activity, predicted lower perceived general health and impairments in mental health and social functioning; no incremental effects were evident for anxiety sensitivity for predicting impairments in physical functioning, role functioning, or increased healthcare usage. These findings are discussed with respect to better understanding cognitive factors that affect perceptions of health status and functioning among daily smokers.

R01 DA018734-01A1 United States DA NIDA NIH HHS; R03 DA16307-01 United States DA NIDA NIH HHS; R21 DA016227-01 United States DA NIDA NIH HHS

Date Created: 20070317 Date Completed: 20070508 Latest Revision: 20250103

20250114

10.1080/16506070600794653

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